Application filed for Freedom Day rally in Minsk

An application to hold rally on the occasion of Freedom Day, the 97th anniversary of the state independence of the Belarusian People's Republic on March 25 was filed in Minsk city executive committee on March 9. It was signed by Alyaksei Yanukevich (BPF), Maryna Khomich (from the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy), Mikola Kazlou (UCP) and Mikita Semyanenka (movement For Freedom).

Here is what Chairman of the BPF Party Yanukevich said about the rally route:

"Gathering of the participants is planned for March 25 at 17.00 near the Kastrychnik cinema. There will be a rally at 18.00 along the Surhanau Street on the sidewalk of the Friendship of Peoples park. A meeting will be held there from 19.15 to 20.00."

A meeting of the organizing committee was held on Monday in Minsk. Musicians who could speak to the participants of the meeting were invited there, as well as representatives of youth and cultural initiatives that are expected to have interesting ideas. Yanukevich notes that during street protests, there is "potentially a big problem with the PA".

It is known that Freedom Day 2015 will be held under the slogan Together for Peace and Independence. The topics at the meeting will include those of protecting the independence, the need to preserve peace in our region, including Belarus, solidarity with Ukraine.

On March 25, 1918, in Minsk occupied by German troops, the Council of the Belarusian People's Republic declared independence of Belarus. The BPR did not have time to create their own army and defend its borders. However, thousands of Belarusians fought for independence as part of individual military units and guerrilla groups. The most famous event was the Slutsk uprising in 1920. It is a recognized fact that only because of the existence of the BPR, Moscow Bolsheviks went on to create the Belorussian SSR in 1919.

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